“For Jessie Montgomery, growing up in the Lower East Side of Manhattan was clearly a formative experience. When she looks back at her childhood, she sees a time of enviable opportunities and cultural richness. “It was a very neat upbringing,” she says. “I always had a very eclectic experience with music and art, and that has been a tremendous gift.” Now, those years immersed in an all-embracing mix of music and theatre have borne fruit in a high-profile musical career. At 39, Montgomery has won a multi-faceted reputation as a violinist, musical educator and, foremost, a composer who likes to stretch musical boundaries.”